He was undersanctions from several countries, including the U.K. and Canada, for his actions inMoscow’s war in Ukraine. On Monday, Ukraine’s Security Service, or SBU, opened a criminal investigation against him, accusing Kirillov of directing the use of banned chemic...
Telegram is a multi-platform messaging service founded by Russian-born entrepreneur Pavel Durov, although it was temporarily banned in Russia and has no affiliation with any government or company. It first rolled out on iOS and Android in late 2013, and now has an estimated900 million monthly u...
Why is Russia banned from the Olympics? Olympic athletes from Russia have faced a series of scandals and challenges in recent years. While previous bans and suspensions had to do with doping scandals, Russia was most recently suspended by the International Olympic Committee for its invasion of Ukr...
Now, our proverb comes from an 1871 play written by Alexander Ostrovsky and which has been staged in many theaters around Russia. Originally, it was translated into English as: It’s Not All Shrovetide for a Cat. That archaic translation, however, has stuck. Nevertheless, we decided to use...
A similar scenario developed in Russia, where huge lines also formed at ATMs amid speculation that Russian banks would shut down. Russian banks have been banned from SWIFT, a global payments system, preventing the country from easily trading money around the world. ...
Replacing the natural gas that Russia provides to Europe is likely impossible in the short term. Most of the natural gas Russia provides to Europe travels through pipelines. To replace it, Europe would mostly import liquefied natural gas, known as LNG. The continent doesn't have enough pipelines...
1930-1985. There is no sex in the USSR “Sexual promiscuity” began to be perceived as a relic of capitalism and, therefore, unacceptable. The restrictions in all spheres of Soviet life also affected sex: abortions were again banned (but in 1955 the ban was canceled); male homosexuality and...
Russian Olympic team has been banned from 2018 Winter Games! WOW! Does this sound like a fair action or one politically motivated to damage Russia standing in the World court of opinion? Specially given the fact that World Cup is going to be in Russia in 2018 which is by far the ...
Thousands of American troops joined forces in September 1918 with the allied intervention force at Archangel in response to the Bolshevik revolution in Russia. American soldiers engaged in several major battles that year as part of World War I, including the Meuse-Argonne Offensive from Sept. 26 ...
It's in the news this week because Lithuania, the Russian enclave's direct northeastern neighbor, has banned the transit of some goods through its territory from the 'mainland' to Kaliningrad - and Russia has threatened retaliation. The region is sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania, and the...